A war veteran who claims he was falsely arrested, beaten, and almost
died due to neglect in an Oakland prison has launched legal action
against the jail, claiming his pleas for help were ignored.

Kayvan Sabeghi, 33, was arrested during an Occupy rally in Oakland,
California, in November last year. Video footage shows him being beaten
with batons and he suffered a lacerated spleen which his attorney Dan
Siegel says almost killed him after he was left without treatment for 18
hours in prison.